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but in dallas, the $2 to get the second graders to read more books. it also helped them to read shorter books. [laughter] but the larger question -- the larger question is what will become of these kids later when no one is paying them to read? those who object, they seem to be -- offering cash to yunker submitted them to read that book. but it may teach them the wrong lessons about reading. mainly that the real goal is to cultivate a love of learning. we heard the goal, which is to cultivate the love of learning. maybe the kids haven't been exposed, and maybe to reading, and it will kick start the habit. a friend of mine paid his kids to 1 dollar for each think you know they will. i have received some of the thank you notes. [laughter] and i can tell by reading them that they were written under a certain pressure. my wife and i look at this practice and we wonder how the kids will turn out. now, it could be that they will get in the habit of writing thank you notes. they will gradually and eventually learn the real reason for writing them. maybe a re
but in dallas, the $2 to get the second graders to read more books. it also helped them to read shorter books. [laughter] but the larger question -- the larger question is what will become of these kids later when no one is paying them to read? those who object, they seem to be -- offering cash to yunker submitted them to read that book. but it may teach them the wrong lessons about reading. mainly that the real goal is to cultivate a love of learning. we heard the goal, which is to cultivate...
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i saw this from the guy from dallas, there will be enormous political pressure on the secretary of the treasury. in what universe? right on america today is even thought of helping an institution they be impeached. i do not understand how people misread. >> you don't believe if jpmorgan or citigroup are really troubled that think they were going down and markets are falling apart under voluntary sahara or would find a way to save that for quick >> is the other way round. he must be disconnected with what's going on in the world. seriously, any effort to help existing financial institution, from the guy who got the point better, debating guy who wrote the book who attacks us as well as the economist for preventing intervention at that point. if you're time that congress would then vote to change it, it would take a vote of congress. it would be illegal to do anything with the institution until the institution is spread out. under the law, sarah palin was partly right. we did t-test panels in 2010, but they were for big banks. no aid can go to any institution until it is wiped out. and t
i saw this from the guy from dallas, there will be enormous political pressure on the secretary of the treasury. in what universe? right on america today is even thought of helping an institution they be impeached. i do not understand how people misread. >> you don't believe if jpmorgan or citigroup are really troubled that think they were going down and markets are falling apart under voluntary sahara or would find a way to save that for quick >> is the other way round. he must be...
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larry hagman, the star of the popular 80s television drama, "dallas," has died. he passed awayo friday. he played j.r. ewing, a conniving oil man, died of complications from throat cancer. he had also earlier battled liver cancer. he began his career in 1965 on "i dream of genie. " he was 81 years old. a massive gas explosion, rocking downtown springfield, massachusetts. the blast injuring more than a dozen people and destroying two buildings. firefighters and gas company workers who were investigating a gas leak are among those injured. the explosion shattering glass in a three-mile radius. witnesses say bricks and glass were flying everywhere. i'm marianne rafferty. now back to "on the record." for your latest headline, go to foxnews.com. t tops $16 trillion, largest foreign owner of our debt is china. now, early in the first term, the president says we can't keep just borrowing from china what will the president say in a second term? here is what experts expect to hear. >> it's a great power rival and competitor of the united states. and i think we may be on a
larry hagman, the star of the popular 80s television drama, "dallas," has died. he passed awayo friday. he played j.r. ewing, a conniving oil man, died of complications from throat cancer. he had also earlier battled liver cancer. he began his career in 1965 on "i dream of genie. " he was 81 years old. a massive gas explosion, rocking downtown springfield, massachusetts. the blast injuring more than a dozen people and destroying two buildings. firefighters and gas company...
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there's places like, you know, dallas/fort worth area, places like southern california and the seattle area where boeing -- and also in missouri where they build some of the military aircraft. but it's the minority of the states in the country. and the notion that this spreads all over the place is not borne up by the few actual surveys that have been done. the pentagon was forced to do some years ago a study on subcontracting, and they found that these main areas where the prime contracts were also received many of the subcontracts. so i think there is more of a concentration of pentagon spending than would be suggested. and then in the areas like virginia where senator mccain, senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire, senator lindsey graham of south carolina, you know, took the scare tour and talked about shipbuilding, talked about military bases, talked about defense consulting firms in northern virginia, um, that argument didn't fly in the elections even though they tried to pin these potential effects on president obama. he carried virginia. and i think the reason for that is that th
there's places like, you know, dallas/fort worth area, places like southern california and the seattle area where boeing -- and also in missouri where they build some of the military aircraft. but it's the minority of the states in the country. and the notion that this spreads all over the place is not borne up by the few actual surveys that have been done. the pentagon was forced to do some years ago a study on subcontracting, and they found that these main areas where the prime contracts were...
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downtown dallas what the locals call the heart from. this is strange twisted beauty it's more than just a complex multi-layered interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy. dependence i should. end up with. a high five groups and rolls out over some of the richest shale fields in the mines. that make the united by moving into the suburbs around here might well be a drilling. i know people who tried everything they possibly could and they still have drilling right next to their houses and they're very unhappy if. you don't have to travel fucked to witness a collusion between community and comus family and industry we all take risks every day driving to work you know but there's risk set you have to take and recess you don't have to take and to me it just doesn't make sense to put a heavy industrial process right next to somebody. this is self like a prosperous community on the outskirts of dallas. a few years ago forbes magazine named this the most affluent neighborhood in the united states. a place where usually money ta
downtown dallas what the locals call the heart from. this is strange twisted beauty it's more than just a complex multi-layered interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy. dependence i should. end up with. a high five groups and rolls out over some of the richest shale fields in the mines. that make the united by moving into the suburbs around here might well be a drilling. i know people who tried everything they possibly could and they still have drilling right next to their...
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you just ate dallas! >>> east way teen-aged dancers about to perform in front of millions people as part of the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> apc 7 news don sanchez takes us there. this is what the dancers will be doing. energy in a once in a lifetime experience. >> so excited to go. it's going to be an amazing experience. i'm nervous but excited. >> getting better. >> this is the second time the dance studio has been invited to appear, she says it's because they have won so many competitions and work hard. >> just so happy to have this opportunity. to be doing something you enjoy so much, two with, your friends, tree, you get to go to a locale like new york city. oh, my gosh. >> they've been sent this routine by spirit of america pro ducks will join 498 others, 500 of them doing this. many of them have been dancing here since they're in kindergarten. it's like family, they develop teamwork and self confidence. >> the way she teaches us in class is like helping us in life. in general. >> culminating
you just ate dallas! >>> east way teen-aged dancers about to perform in front of millions people as part of the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> apc 7 news don sanchez takes us there. this is what the dancers will be doing. energy in a once in a lifetime experience. >> so excited to go. it's going to be an amazing experience. i'm nervous but excited. >> getting better. >> this is the second time the dance studio has been invited to appear, she says it's...
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questions remain, lone gunman, the mob, cia, castro, military-industrial complex, what happened in dallas, the assassination of john f. kennedy, sunday at kevin:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> florida senator marco rubio will be in ireland, he will speak at a fund-raiser, and the first trip to iowa. >> earlier this week retiring massachusetts congressman barney frank talked about sequestration and upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations which he believes will cause a, quote, short-term bumps to the economy. he spoke at an event in the atlantic. it is 20 minutes. >> congressman barney frank in his last term as congressman, too big to fail and author of the deal breaker column in the new york times and cnbc, what is it? scrawled box. i watch it every day. and half of dodd-frank here. >> thank you. thank you for being here. about 100 things to talk about in a short amount of time and a lot of issues related to wall street, given the water cooler conversation seems to be the last 72 hours, general david petraeus and the real housewives of tampa. i figured i would give you the floor to tell us your
questions remain, lone gunman, the mob, cia, castro, military-industrial complex, what happened in dallas, the assassination of john f. kennedy, sunday at kevin:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> florida senator marco rubio will be in ireland, he will speak at a fund-raiser, and the first trip to iowa. >> earlier this week retiring massachusetts congressman barney frank talked about sequestration and upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations which he believes will cause a, quote, short-term...
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you just ate dallas! >> we've tolerated the deniers for far too lock with this body. the public is with us. the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of environment and public works. that senator, senator inhofe has referred to global chime change change as an alarmist. why would he say that? maybe because the top three contributers to his political campaign for the top five years are some of the top fossil fuel industries in the campaign. koch industries, murray energy. devon energy. is there any chance that reason can speak louder than money? here to help us answer that question is jefferey sachs. he's comeing to us via skype
you just ate dallas! >> we've tolerated the deniers for far too lock with this body. the public is with us. the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his...
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downtown dallas what the locals call the high from. is a strange twisted beauty it's moving just a complex multi-layered web interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy and it's. how dependent nations and others use the high phone booths and rolls out of the some of the richest child fields in the mines.
downtown dallas what the locals call the high from. is a strange twisted beauty it's moving just a complex multi-layered web interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy and it's. how dependent nations and others use the high phone booths and rolls out of the some of the richest child fields in the mines.
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dallas. i'll tell you what, dallas at 5-5 right now, a lot of people kind of laughed at them a few weeks back. lost off to the giants. the giants, nfc east, all but wrapped up. you look all of a sudden. here is dallas. one game behind the dallas, in the loss column. >> last game here, patriots, who look impressive against the colts last weekend. offensive display if there ever was one. taking on the jets, 4-6. >> it's amazing when you look at what the jets have done here at 4-6. when you consider that they lost santonio holmes you wouldn't think the jets had any chance this week. i think they do. not only do they have a chance they can win. a month or so ago they went into foxborou foxborough, lost to the patriots. pushed patriots to overtime. new england had a difficult time closing out teams. maybe that's why they ran the score up on indianapolis. trying to send a message to the rest of the league. i think the jets are going to show up at metlife stadium. thursday night. national tv audienc
dallas. i'll tell you what, dallas at 5-5 right now, a lot of people kind of laughed at them a few weeks back. lost off to the giants. the giants, nfc east, all but wrapped up. you look all of a sudden. here is dallas. one game behind the dallas, in the loss column. >> last game here, patriots, who look impressive against the colts last weekend. offensive display if there ever was one. taking on the jets, 4-6. >> it's amazing when you look at what the jets have done here at 4-6....
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obviously we would hope for this peace to last a very long time the people of israel south of dallas might be realistic you know is is of it. why until the palestinian group hamas meets the three conditions of the quartet recognize israel recognize past agreements i renounce violence then the international community have said that they are not a legitimate into mediator in affairs again taking a short breath in this interlude no this time of peace just a look back at the last week or so to think operation pillar of clouds proof we more successful than operation cast lead. i think so i think that the end of the day the chief operational aim was to bring peace and quiet to the south the residents of israel and we hope about what happened we see today there have been no attacks from gaza into israel we hope the hamas of received the message loud and clear the terrorist infrastructure has been severely curtailed israel took out the military command to other senior military terrorists and this wall this would have been a big blow for them and the fact is that hamas sued for peace and this
obviously we would hope for this peace to last a very long time the people of israel south of dallas might be realistic you know is is of it. why until the palestinian group hamas meets the three conditions of the quartet recognize israel recognize past agreements i renounce violence then the international community have said that they are not a legitimate into mediator in affairs again taking a short breath in this interlude no this time of peace just a look back at the last week or so to...
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. >> reporter: lauren grew up in dallas, texas. her parents divorced when she was young, but would later remarry after seven years apart. their experience inspired their work today as marriage counselors. their greatest joy, twin daughters, brittney and lauren. lauren's father, jeff, says lauren always sparkled. >> there's a spirit about her that is just -- it's contagious. that she's just so full of life. >> reporter: but in one awful moment last december, everything changed for lauren and her family. it's the subject they write about in a book, "still lolo" about their family's journey. they took us back to the night the accident happened, a night that was supposed to have been so much fun for lauren and her mother, cheryl. >> we had gone to church, lauren and i, and just went to some friends for dinner afterwards, like we always do. they live on an airport, so we ate dinner and they decided they were going to do some, you know, recreational flying, go look at christmas lights and everything. >> reporter: it's common in this neig
. >> reporter: lauren grew up in dallas, texas. her parents divorced when she was young, but would later remarry after seven years apart. their experience inspired their work today as marriage counselors. their greatest joy, twin daughters, brittney and lauren. lauren's father, jeff, says lauren always sparkled. >> there's a spirit about her that is just -- it's contagious. that she's just so full of life. >> reporter: but in one awful moment last december, everything changed...
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, dallas, texas, good morning. -- and memory, dallas, texas, good morning. -- anna marie, dallas, texas, good morning. caller: what can we do as a community to prepare? what are some things that we can do to perhaps -- me and a group of others -- we could create a project for awareness? guest: a great project for awareness is awareness about the distribution grid at the local level. in my area, washington, d.c., the utility for a variety of reasons and did not trim trees for decades. people complained because they were cutting trees and not want them on their property, so for the last few years with storms we have had an enormous amount of free-fall, branches, and so on. putting pressure on the utilities, running public projects, schools, so on, identifying areas that are vulnerable where a tree trimming process, and again, i am an environmentalist, i am not saying to cut down trees indiscriminately, but i am saying that there is a trade- off and if you do not do the maintenance at the local community level, there
, dallas, texas, good morning. -- and memory, dallas, texas, good morning. -- anna marie, dallas, texas, good morning. caller: what can we do as a community to prepare? what are some things that we can do to perhaps -- me and a group of others -- we could create a project for awareness? guest: a great project for awareness is awareness about the distribution grid at the local level. in my area, washington, d.c., the utility for a variety of reasons and did not trim trees for decades. people...
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its population is about the size of dallas, texas with around 1.2 million people. the surrounding area, though, if you look at the suburbs, we are talking about 3.3 million people and that is nearly half the size of the entire israeli population. so far the rockets have only reached the outskirts of this area, but a direct strike on tel-aviv would mark the first time gaza rockets have reached the city and that would mark a significant escalation. more on that as we get it. in the meantime we have more breaking news for you now out of the gulf here stateside. the coast guard has said that it is now investigating a fire at an oil-drilling platform off the coast of louisiana. an owe a parish official says the rig is not drilling at a deepwater site like we saw, for example with the bp incidents. obviously the coast guard is giving this plenty of attention. we are reaching out to the coast guard, where is this. what is the extent of this fire if there is one that they are investigating, so we'll have more breaking news out of louisiana in a moment. jon: while the viole
its population is about the size of dallas, texas with around 1.2 million people. the surrounding area, though, if you look at the suburbs, we are talking about 3.3 million people and that is nearly half the size of the entire israeli population. so far the rockets have only reached the outskirts of this area, but a direct strike on tel-aviv would mark the first time gaza rockets have reached the city and that would mark a significant escalation. more on that as we get it. in the meantime we...
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that city's metropolitan area is home to more than a million people, roughly the size of the entire dallas metroplex. the missiles triggered air sirens as panicked citizens ran for cover. tel aviv is only about 40 miles from the gaza. earlier today, fox's leeland vittert was on the ground in a town along the gaza border. >> we've got more missiles coming in. you can see everyone running. this is right now the very safest place. we're going to come in under here and now we wait. those awful seconds that everyone in this part of the world knows what it's like to wait as the missiles coming in, you know it's here. the question is where will it hit? there it was. >> shep: we'll have more of his report later in this hour. lee land's reports a rocket blast struck this apartment building and killed members of a family. a baby now listed in critical condition. the coloring book stained with blood. all part of the heaviest fighting between the israelis and the palestinians in nearly four years. remember, this comes just one day after the israeli army reported it had killed a top commander of the mi
that city's metropolitan area is home to more than a million people, roughly the size of the entire dallas metroplex. the missiles triggered air sirens as panicked citizens ran for cover. tel aviv is only about 40 miles from the gaza. earlier today, fox's leeland vittert was on the ground in a town along the gaza border. >> we've got more missiles coming in. you can see everyone running. this is right now the very safest place. we're going to come in under here and now we wait. those...
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host: democratic line, billy, and dallas, texas. caller: benghazi, one of the questions or statements i would like to make, it appears during the election that it was a main focus, as to why we did not get an immediate response to what was happening. if you really think about the fact that the united states itself, if there's a murder down the street, they use yellow tape and they have to do an investigation, all these rumors flying around that it was this, that come and the other. i just don't understand why there is such an emphasis on the media 100% reason benghazi happened without the opportunity of an investigation as to the rumors and everything else during that time. guest: it's a very good question. a lot of reporters and foreign policy people have been asking about. there is a significant amount of confusion as to why the administration seemed to make comments early on that suggested they thought it was a spontaneous attack. this was a time of great confusion. there was this anti-islamic web video that had come out and ther
host: democratic line, billy, and dallas, texas. caller: benghazi, one of the questions or statements i would like to make, it appears during the election that it was a main focus, as to why we did not get an immediate response to what was happening. if you really think about the fact that the united states itself, if there's a murder down the street, they use yellow tape and they have to do an investigation, all these rumors flying around that it was this, that come and the other. i just don't...
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sunday nature night nfl game, m important because it's nbc, atlanta falcons are 8-0 beating dallas 19-13. the matt ryan completed 24-34 passes and bryant kicked four field goals. atlanta is the only unbeaten team in the nfl. and another nfl game, we're talking about the panthers beat the redskins 21-13. there's a correlation between the outcome of the last washington, d.c. redskins football game prior to the presidential election and the drought come outcome of the election. miss torically when the redskins win, the incumbent wins. doesn't mean for sure, andrew. in 18 presidential contests, only once has this rule not held. that was in 2004 when president bush defeated john kerry despite a redskins loss. if history holds true, yesterday's redskins loss mean as victory for mitt romney and i pointed out the labor day indicator, we'll sea what happehappesee what happens with the markets today. joining us from new york is john harwood, who is probably saturday about that washington game for up a kell of reasons. but -- >> only one. >> those are the numbers. what else is -- speaking of foo
sunday nature night nfl game, m important because it's nbc, atlanta falcons are 8-0 beating dallas 19-13. the matt ryan completed 24-34 passes and bryant kicked four field goals. atlanta is the only unbeaten team in the nfl. and another nfl game, we're talking about the panthers beat the redskins 21-13. there's a correlation between the outcome of the last washington, d.c. redskins football game prior to the presidential election and the drought come outcome of the election. miss torically when...
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what happened in dallas? the assassination of john f. kennedy, sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> democratic and republican congressional leaders are voicing optimism about avoiding tax increases and automatic spending cuts in january, the so-called fiscal cliff. leaders from both the house and senate met with president obama this morning at the white house, their first discussion in negotiation on the fiscal cliff. the president started the day with comments to reporters. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership here and thank them for their time. i think we're all aware that we have some urgent business to do and we got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle class families, that our economy will remain strong, that we're creating jobs and that is an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country share. so our challenge is to make sure that we are able to cooperate together, work together, find some common ground, make some tough compromises, build some consensus to do the
what happened in dallas? the assassination of john f. kennedy, sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> democratic and republican congressional leaders are voicing optimism about avoiding tax increases and automatic spending cuts in january, the so-called fiscal cliff. leaders from both the house and senate met with president obama this morning at the white house, their first discussion in negotiation on the fiscal cliff. the president started the day with comments to reporters....
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and we're proud to get you back to dallas. and we really need you back because eva needs her momma. right? go, momma. yay, momma. >> love it. the support i had this season. >> i'll bet it is. shawn and derek, you guys really put on a show. the other night, scared us half to death. tell us about the story, about the break in the rules and what difference you think that made? >> for me, it was an all-star season. it was season 15. honestly, it was just about entertaining, you know, all the people. and entertaining fans. and pushing it. >> so, take the risk, huh? >> and you know, as far as the performances go, i'm so proud of what we accomplished and what we did. and i can look back and say we're proud of what we achieved. and really proud of this girl right here. she was sensational. >> it was fun to watch. >> i loved it. you broke a few rules. and i've never seen you -- you got really emotional. we saw you even tear up. >> yeah. i don't know why. but i started acting like -- oh, i did. you know what? i think this season -- it's right there. you know what it was? i had a moment. in th
and we're proud to get you back to dallas. and we really need you back because eva needs her momma. right? go, momma. yay, momma. >> love it. the support i had this season. >> i'll bet it is. shawn and derek, you guys really put on a show. the other night, scared us half to death. tell us about the story, about the break in the rules and what difference you think that made? >> for me, it was an all-star season. it was season 15. honestly, it was just about entertaining, you...
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virus since it arrived in america in 1999, the worst outbreak this year for west nile virus was around dallas because of budget cuts. remember, this is a disease spread by mosquitoes. texas has no entomologist anymore. they cut the position because they ran out of money. >> for over a century, the u.s. fire service had the task of extinguishing any fire that was started on federal land. that wound up with a situation where we have these huge, hot, devastating forest fires in the modern era. is our public health policy doing something similar? >> is an interesting metaphor, but i do not know if it is completely transferable. >> what about the trend in decline of vaccination. another colleague wrote a book called the panic virus. he talked about the virus spread of belief that vaccinations make people sick, especially children. vaccinations cause autism, among other things. a lot of science shows that is a false concern, but it has led to a serious decline of rates of vaccination in children in some areas. >> let's not completely step away from the point that was just made. it is an interesting
virus since it arrived in america in 1999, the worst outbreak this year for west nile virus was around dallas because of budget cuts. remember, this is a disease spread by mosquitoes. texas has no entomologist anymore. they cut the position because they ran out of money. >> for over a century, the u.s. fire service had the task of extinguishing any fire that was started on federal land. that wound up with a situation where we have these huge, hot, devastating forest fires in the modern...
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what happened in dallas? sunday at 7:30 eastern. president obama says he and congressional leaders have urgent business to do mentioning tax rates for the middle class and job creation. the statement came before a meeting with congressional leaders at the white house. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership here and thank them for their time. i think we're all aware that we have some urgent business to do and we got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle class families, that our economy will remain strong, that we're creating jobs and that is an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country share. so our challenge is to make sure that we are able to cooperate together, work together, find some common ground, make some tough compromises, build some consensus to do the people's business and what folks are looking for and i think all of us agree on this is action. they want to see that we are focused on them, not focused on our politics here in washington. so my hope is that this
what happened in dallas? sunday at 7:30 eastern. president obama says he and congressional leaders have urgent business to do mentioning tax rates for the middle class and job creation. the statement came before a meeting with congressional leaders at the white house. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership here and thank them for their time. i think we're all aware that we have some urgent business to do and we got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle class families,...